It's nearly 7pm right now and I am losing my damn mind. I've been unemployed for about a month now and was offered a job last Friday by a recruitment consultant, to whom I was referred by my partner's coworker.
The interview itself was a bunch of red flags in that she was over 10 minutes late, forgot to tell me what the actual role was until I had to ask right at the end, and was overall disorganised. I don't even know what the salary is but I was in no position to refuse as my savings are now depleted and I'm one bill away from overdrafting.
I wasn't able to finalise my reference checks until Monday, and the company was on me immediately to get those done so they could send final paperwork through (including where I'm actually supposed to show up), but has ZERO regard for me in return. I rang the consultant directly this morning to check in, she claimed to have thought she already sent paperwork and that she would get it done immediately. I got no emails all day.
Around 4pm I texted her just asking for the address so I knew where I was supposed to go, which was ignored, so I rang her head office hoping they would be able to tell me. Straight to voicemail. She then messaged me at 5 saying she'd get it done as soon as she was in front of her office computer. Well now it's well past office hours so I'm thinking what the fuck and I supposed to do now???
I'm expected to be working at 9am tomorrow, but where? If I stay home and they ask me where I am are they going to call me unprofessional for not having the initiative to at least be in town and patience to receive their email? Or do I make the commute to the general area and do nothing all day because they continue to ignore me? And if these are the people my new employer chooses to represent them, is this the treatment I can expect from them also?
I wish I had the willpower and funds to tell them to go fuck themselves for their lack of regard and professionalism but it would reflect badly on both myself and my partner for asking for help on my behalf.
I was stressed beyond belief already about job searching and this is just the cherry on top. Fuck